Example sentences of "for [adv] [adv] as there " in BNC.

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1 It is not a recent development ; there have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people , and efforts to cope with their presence have been proceeding since the last century .
2 There have been mentally handicapped people for as long as there have been people but , before the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century , public awareness was low .
3 You can go on learning and adding to your repertoire of behaviours for as long as there is breath in your body .
4 Man , for his part will become the short-lived individual who will strive to safeguard that pattern by exalting the keeper that is his Created God , and this God will endure for as long as there is life on earth and no longer .
5 There 's nowt folk like more than reading about a good tune , so for as long as there is pop music , there will be glossies , inkies , monthlies , weeklies , columns , companions , fanzines , tradezines , pull-outs , poster-mags , flexi-mags , the lot .
6 When activated , a bright fluorescent light illuminates for up to 60 seconds , or for as long as there is movement .
7 Surely that question will continue to be debated for as long as there are children in schools and teachers there to teach them .
8 But for as long as there 's an Oxford University , some things will never change .
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